Articles
Feature stories, opinion pieces, and in-depth explorations from Tape Op Magazine
Daniele Luppi
<p>[ image luppi1 type=center ]</p> <p>Italian-born film composer Daniele Luppi grew up listening to the groovy lounge sounds of Italian pop music in...
Omni Microphones
<p>[ image omni1 type=center ]</p> <p>I just finished mastering an EP for Centuries of Slow Accumulation, a two-piece outfit with a surprisingly big ...
Monitoring
<p>One of the most important things you can do to improve your mixes deals with monitor placement. Correct placement allows your speakers to perform a...
Gear versus Experience
<p>I confess. When I get my new Tape Op the first thing I do is look at all of the gear ads. In some respects, I would love to tell you these products...
Mastering Pearl Jam
<p>Three years ago Pearl Jam made the bold decision to release commercially available CDs of all 60-plus concerts on its U.S. and European tours, unde...
Audio Books Review
<p>Since Tape Op Magazine only comes out every other month, I assume that our typical reader has a little time left over in which to read and learn mo...
John Goodmanson
<p>[ image gm1 type=center ]</p> <p>Coming up in the recording environment of Seattle there was no local mastering to speak of, so when mixing I lear...
Pre Production
<p>[ image 1 type=center ]</p> <p>A vital, cost-effective and often neglected step in attempting to put your music on tape is the concept of pre-prod...